Compsodon

Name: Compsodon.
Phonetic: Comp-so-don.
Named By: Hoepen‭ ‬-‭ ‬1934.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Dicynodontia,‭ ‬Emydopoidea.
Species: C. helmoedi (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa, Zambia.
Time period: Late Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Compsodon is a little known genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian.

Further reading
- Oor die indeling van die Dicynodontidae na aanleiding van nuwe vorme. - Paleontologiese Navorsing van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein, Deel II, Sesde Stuk, p. 67-101. - E. C. N. van Hoepen - 1934.
- The cranial morphology, phylogenetic position and biogeography of the upper Permian dicynodont Compsodon helmoedi van Hoepen (Therapsida, Anomodontia). - Papers in Palaeontology. - Kenneth D. Angielczyk & Christian F. Kammerer - 2017.

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